NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2008 to December 2008
Top 50 Local Government Areas ranked by rate of recorded criminal incidents
LGAs with population under 3000, Sydney LGA and LGAs without the offence have been excluded.
 

Rank	Local Government Area	Offences in 2008	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Bourke	120	3,091	3,882.2
2	Walgett	166	7,078	2,345.3
3	Moree Plains	245	14,300	1,713.3
4	Kempsey	296	28,566	1,036.2
5	Wentworth	70	7,149	979.2
6	Broken Hill	181	20,074	901.7
7	Coonamble	32	4,263	750.6
8	Lachlan	51	6,814	748.5
9	Richmond Valley	164	22,471	729.8
10	Narrandera	45	6,166	729.8
11	Wellington	60	8,250	727.3
12	Dubbo	286	39,787	718.8
13	Tenterfield	48	6,834	702.4
14	Narromine	46	6,717	684.8
15	Cobar	35	5,143	680.5
16	Campbelltown	998	147,460	676.8
17	Kyogle	65	9,686	671.1
18	Forbes	65	9,727	668.2
19	Inverell	108	16,246	664.8
20	Tumut Shire	74	11,238	658.5
21	Great Lakes	226	34,359	657.8
22	Parkes	97	14,836	653.8
23	Bogan	19	3,012	630.8
24	Gilgandra	29	4,625	627.0
25	Lismore	269	44,668	602.2
26	Shoalhaven	559	92,880	601.9
27	Gunnedah	72	11,968	601.6
28	Mid-Western Regional	131	22,093	592.9
29	Gloucester	29	4,971	583.4
30	Blacktown	1,656	284,692	581.7
31	Bathurst Regional	214	37,686	567.9
32	Greater Taree	261	47,242	552.5
33	Gundagai	21	3,813	550.7
34	Bland	35	6,385	548.2
35	Narrabri	74	13,503	548.0
36	Guyra	24	4,411	544.1
37	Lithgow	112	20,694	541.2
38	Albury	264	49,321	535.3
39	Young	67	12,535	534.5
40	Cowra	69	12,924	533.9
41	Wyong	767	143,988	532.7
42	Warrumbungle Shire	53	10,093	525.1
43	Penrith	918	177,686	516.6
44	Armidale Dumaresq	127	24,684	514.5
45	Griffith	127	24,937	509.3
46	Nambucca	93	18,735	496.4
47	Deniliquin	37	7,673	482.2
48	Tamworth Regional	271	56,532	479.4
49	Maitland	317	66,530	476.5
50	Muswellbrook	76	16,039	473.8

 

Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2006-07, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2008 when this report was published, rates for 2008 were calculated using 2007 population estimates.

* LGAs with populations lower than 3000 are excluded because rate calculations for these areas are very sensitive to small changes in population sizes and the number of incidents recorded. Rate calculations should also be treated very cautiously for LGAs that have high visitor numbers relative to their residential population. This is because rate calculations are based on estimated residential population and no adjustment has been made for the number of people visiting each LGA per year.